On September 15th over 400 people attended a WebJunction webinar on Building a Digital Branch led by David Lee King. Yes I realize this post is way over due, but the information isn’t outdated, yet. If you missed it you have multiple options for accessing the information: Visit the WebJunction page for all the information and links. View it in Wimba Classroom(combined archive of audio, slides and chat) Note:If this is your first time using Wimba, check to see if your computer has the software and hardware required by walking through the Setup Wizard. If you still have problems using Wimba Classroom, consult the Wimba Classroom Guide. View the slides (png) Listen to audio-only recording (mp3) View Chat log (xls)Note: trimmed down a bit to account for chat re: tech difficulties. Look through the Twitter hashtag for session: #dbranch Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Print for later Tell a friend
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A Day in the Life of a Digital Branch Manager
I took these notes today as part of The Day in the Life project, if you would like to read more please see the wiki, if you’re interested in how it all got started read this post First thing in the morning with coffee in hand I answer emails, and DMs from Twitter that had come in the night before. Being on the East Coast a lot comes in after I’ve stepped away from the computer for the night. Arrive at work – First thing answer emails, make a few updates the website, chat with Head of Teen Services about updates to her page. Meeting with Director – we’re moving her blog from Blogger to WordPress because of some of the options she want, and walk through adding some RSS feeds to Outlook. Back to website Deal with paycheck problem Work on patron survey about the website that will go up on Monday. Spent most of the rest of the afternoon working in policies one for Social Media in general and one specifically addressing Flickr. Both of these will be part of the Digital Branch Guidebook when its complete. Part of this will address how the Digital Branch helps the library meet its
Day in the Life of a Librairan Day 3
I took these notes today as part of The Day in the Life project, if you would like to read more please see the wiki, if you’re interested in how it all got started read this post Stayed up way too late reading the night before (I guess you never grow out of this!), so really need the coffee this morning! First thing in the morning, prepare for and attend Branch Manager meeting at our Mildred L. Terry Branch. Its our newest one, we haven’t even had the grand opening ceremony yet. This meeting took up most of the morning so go look at the pictures of the branch for something fun! Grab something to eat on the way back my office check email, check twitter Teen Programs Meeting – I’m there to find out what they need/want from a Digital Branch, good information Run downstairs between meetings to check on something for tomorrow, run into a staff member I want to be a member of Super Friends, talk with him about it, he’s in! Hurray! Database Committee Meeting- we’re looking at what we have and what we need to add over the next year. It goes really well. Grab peaches on
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